JAGTESHWAR (UNA) GREWAL, PH.D., MPH CURRENT POSITION 20013 - present ADDRESS Assistant Director for Research Programs and Operations Division of Intramural Population Health Research Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development The National Institutes of Health 6100 Executive Boulevard, Room 7B13G Rockville, MD 20852 Phone: (301) 496-1073 Fax: (301) 402-2084 Email: grewalja@mail.nih.gov EDUCATION 2005 PhD, Epidemiology, University of 2000 MPH, Epidemiology, University of 1997 MA, Economics, University of 1991 BA, magna cum laude, Economics, Smith College, Northampton, MA POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING 2006 2007 March of Dimes / California Birth Defects Monitoring Program, Berkeley, CA. PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS 2007 2013 Staff Scientist, Epidemiology Branch, Division of Intramural Population Health Research, NICHD, NIH, Bethesda, MD 2001 2002 Research Associate II, School of Public Health, University of Summer 2000 CDC/ASPH Intern, National Immunization Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 1997 1998 Senior Analyst, Research & Policy Division, The MEDSTAT Group, Ann Arbor, MI 1996 1997 Research Assistant, School of Public Health, University of 1
1991 1995 Associate Analyst, National Economic Research Associates, Inc., White Plains, NY PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES 2006 present Society for Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiologic Research 2006 present Society for Epidemiologic Research PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Search Committees Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Staff Scientist Position, Epidemiology Branch, 2008 Staff Scientist Position, Epidemiology Branch, 2010 Staff Scientist Position, Prevention Branch, 2011 Ad Hoc Reviewer of Article Manuscripts American Journal of Epidemiology Annals of Epidemiology American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology Human Reproduction Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology RESEARCH FUNDING Intramural Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development NICHD Fetal Growth Studies Singleton and Twins PI: Germaine Louis (2011 present). Previous PI: Jun (Jim) Zhang (2008-2011) Role: Co-Investigator Total contract amount: $35,828,560 Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development Consortium on Safe Labor Role: PI (2011 present). Previous PI: Jun (Jim) Zhang (2006-2011) Total contract amount: $3,279,991 Extramural Office of Dietary Supplements, National Institutes of Health NICHD Fetal Growth Studies Dietary Patterns During Pregnancy 2
Project dates: 2009-2013 Role: PI Total Dollar Amount: $300,000 ACADEMIC AWARDS, HONORS & FELLOWSHIPS 2001 Rackham Recruitment Fellowship, University of Michigan, School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI 1995 1997 Rackham Regents Fellowship, University of Michigan, Department of Economics, Ann Arbor, MI 1991 Sidney S. Cohen Prize for outstanding work in Economics, Smith College, Northampton, MA 1991 Magna Cum Laude, Smith College, Northampton, MA 1990 Nominated to Phi Beta Kappa, Smith College, Northampton, MA MENTORING NIH Intramural Research Training Award Fellows 2011 2012 Gaurav Ghosh [post-baccalaureate] 2009 2010 Gila Neta [pre-doctoral] 2007 2008 Jessie Ford [post-baccalaureate] NIH Summer Interns 2011 Sahel Hazrati, MPH student at George Mason University 2010 Megan Roosen-Runge, MPH student at the University of Washington 2008 Meghan Wernicke, MPH student at the Texas A&M University Rural School of Public Health TEACHING EXPERIENCE Winter 2004 Fall 2004 Graduate Student Instructor, Field Studies in Epidemiology (EPID 655), Department of Epidemiology, University of Graduate Student Instructor, Epidemiology of Chronic Diseases (EPID 601), Department of Epidemiology, University of 3
PRESENTATIONS AT SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS 1. Risk of neural tube defects: an analysis of neighborhood and individual level socioeconomic characteristics. Poster presentation at the Society for Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiologic Research Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, June 19, 2007. 2. Risk of neural tube defects: an analysis of neighborhood and individual level socioeconomic characteristics. Poster presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Teratology Society, Pittsburg, PA, June 23, 2007. 3. Maternal periconceptional smoking and alcohol consumption and risk for select birth defects. Platform presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Teratology Society, Pittsburg, PA, June 24, 2007. 4. Maternal periconceptional smoking and alcohol consumption and risk for select birth defects. Poster presentation at the Society for Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiologic Research Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, June 23, 2008. 5. Paternal Age and Congenital Malformations in Offspring in California, 1989-2002. Platform presentation at the Society for Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiologic Research Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA, June 24, 2009. 6. Risk of Cesarean Delivery When Second-Trimester Ultrasound Dating Disagrees with Definite Last Menstrual Period. Poster presentation at the Society for Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiologic Research Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA, June 24, 2009. 7. Early Childhood Development when Second-Trimester Ultrasound Dating Disagrees with LMP: A Prospective Cohort Study. Poster presentation at the Society for Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiologic Research Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, June 23, 2010. 8. Severe anemia, sickle cell disease, and Thalassemia as risk factors for preeclampsia in developing countries. Poster presentation at the Society for Epidemiologic Research Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada, June 22, 2011. 9. Malarial infection as a risk factor for preeclampsia in Africa. Poster presentation at the Society for Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiologic Research Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, June 27, 2012. 10. Discussant for panel titled, "Innovative Design and Analysis Issues in Fetal Growth Studies". Society for Epidemiologic Research Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, June 19, 2013 REFEREED PUBLICATIONS (*STUDENT MENTORED PAPERS) 1. Sowers, M., Scholl, T., Grewal, J., Chen, X., & Jannausch, M. (2001). IGF-I, osteocalcin, and bone change in pregnant normotensive and pre-eclamptic women. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 86, 5898-5903. 4
2. Grewal, J., Sowers, M.R., Randolph, J.F. Jr., Harlow, S.D., & Lin X. (2006). Low bone mineral density in the early menopausal transition: role for ovulatory function. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 91, 3780-3785. 3. Grewal, J., Carmichael, S., Ma, C., Shaw, G., & Lammer, E. (2008). Maternal periconceptional smoking and alcohol consumption and risk for selected congenital anomalies. Birth Defects Research. Part A, Clinical and Molecular Teratology, 82, 519-526. 4. Mikolajczyk, R.T., Zhang, J., Ford, J, Grewal, J. (2008). Effects of Interpregnancy Interval on Blood Pressure in Consecutive Pregnancies. Am J Epidemiol, 168:422-426. 5. *Ford J, Grewal J, Mikolajczyk R, Meikle S, Zhang J. (2008). Primary cesarean delivery among parous women in the United States, 1990-2003. Obstetrics and Gynecology, 112, 1235-1241. 6. Grewal J, Carmichael SL, Song J, Shaw GM. (2009). Neural tube defects: an analysis of neighbourhood- and individual-level socio-economic characteristics. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology, 23, 116-124. 7. Chatty-Johns S, Zhang J, Chen Z, Albert P, Klebanoff M, Grewal J. (2010) Long-term physical and neurologic development in newborn infants with isolated single umbilical artery. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 203, 368.e1-7. 8. Grewal J, Zhang J, Mikolajczyk RT, Ford J. (2010). Risk of Cesarean Delivery When Second-Trimester Ultrasound Dating Disagrees with Definite Last Menstrual Period. Am J Perinatol. 27, 587-93. 9. *Neta G, Grewal J, Mikolajczyk R, Klebanoff M, Zhang J. (2011). Does the individualized reference outperform a simple ultrasound-based reference applied to birth weight in predicting child neurodevelopment? Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 38, 62-66. 10. Zhang J, Mikolajczyk R, Grewal J, Neta G, Klebanoff M. (2011). Prenatal Application of the Individualized Fetal Growth Reference. Am J Epidemiol. 173, 539-543. 11. Grewal J, Carmichael SL, Yang W, Shaw GM. (2012). Paternal Age and Congenital Malformations in Offspring in California, 1989-2002. Matern Child Health J. 16, 385-392. 12. Grewal J, Wernicke M, Zhang J. (2012). Early Childhood Development when Second- Trimester Ultrasound Dating Disagrees with Last Menstrual Period: a Prospective Cohort Study. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 12, 32-37. 13. Laughon SK, Zhang J, Grewal J, Sundaram R, Beaver J, Reddy U. (2012). Induction of Labor in a Contemporary Obstetric Cohort. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 206:486.e1-9. 14. Zhang J, Kim S, Grewal J, Albert PS. (2012) Predicting large fetuses at birth: do multiple ultrasound examinations and longitudinal statistical modelling improve prediction? Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology. 26, 199-207. 5
15. Männistö T, Mendola P, Grewal J, Xie Y, Chen Z, Laughon SK. (2013) Thyroid diseases and adverse pregnancy outcomes in a contemporary observational cohort from the United States. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 98(7):2725-33. [Epub ahead of print]. 6